Vincent Gracco, McGill University

Research

Brain Mechanisms Sensorimotor Learning Sensory Speech Motor Control Stuttering

Latest papers

Activation in Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Underlies Stuttering Anticipation.
Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2022
Age of Acquisition Modulates Alpha Power During Bilingual Speech Comprehension in Noise.
Frontiers in psychology · 2022
White matter correlates of sensorimotor synchronization in persistent developmental stuttering.
Journal of communication disorders · 2022

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Neural substrate and sensorimotor dysfunction in developmental stuttering
CIHR · 2014 · Nominated PI
$709,800
Studies of neuroplasticity in speech processes
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$155,000
Étude prosodique de la parole produite par des enfants au développement typique et des enfants atteints de troubles du spectre autistique
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$74,604

All 8 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

Activation in Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Underlies Stuttering Anticipation.

Jackson ES, Dravida S, Zhang X, Noah JA, Gracco V, Hirsch J

Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.)2022

DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00073 PMID: 37216062

02

Age of Acquisition Modulates Alpha Power During Bilingual Speech Comprehension in Noise.

Grant AM, Kousaie S, Coulter K, Gilbert AC, Baum SR, Gracco V, Titone D, Klein D, Phillips NA

Frontiers in psychology2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.865857 PMID: 35548507

03

White matter correlates of sensorimotor synchronization in persistent developmental stuttering.

Jossinger S, Sares A, Zislis A, Sury D, Gracco V, Ben-Shachar M

Journal of communication disorders2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106169 PMID: 34856426

04

Factors Associated with Speech-Recognition Performance in School-Aged Children with Cochlear Implants and Early Auditory-Verbal Intervention.

Wolfe J, Deroche M, Neumann S, Hanna L, Towler W, Wilson C, Bien AG, Miller S, Schafer EC, Gracco V

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730413 PMID: 34847584

05

Earlier age of second language learning induces more robust speech encoding in the auditory brainstem in adults, independent of amount of language exposure during early childhood.

Giroud N, Baum SR, Gilbert AC, Phillips NA, Gracco V

Brain and language2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2020.104815 PMID: 32535187

06

Language learning experience and mastering the challenges of perceiving speech in noise.

Kousaie S, Baum S, Phillips NA, Gracco V, Titone D, Chen JK, Chai XJ, Klein D

Brain and language2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104645 PMID: 31284145

07

Enhanced perception of pitch changes in speech and music in early blind adults.

Arnaud L, Gracco V, Ménard L

Neuropsychologia2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.06.009 PMID: 29906457

08

Not all ambiguous words are created equal: an EEG investigation of homonymy and polysemy.

Klepousniotou E, Pike GB, Steinhauer K, Gracco V

Brain and language2012Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2012.06.007 PMID: 22819308

Neural substrate and sensorimotor dysfunction in developmental stuttering

Nominated PICIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Gracco, Vincent

Keywords: Brain Mechanisms; Sensorimotor Learning; Sensory; Speech Motor Control; Stuttering

$709,800

Studies of neuroplasticity in speech processes

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gracco, Vincent

$155,000

Étude prosodique de la parole produite par des enfants au développement typique et des enfants atteints de troubles du spectre autistique

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ménard, Lucie

Keywords: phonétique; phonologie; acquisition de la parole; autisme

$74,604

Bilingual speech processing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Baum, Shari R.

Keywords: bilingualism; speech production; speech perception; neuroimaging

$174,363

Sensorimotor processes in speech learning

Nominated PICIHR2009Team Grant: Vision, Hearing and Communication Disorders - LOI

Principal investigators: Gracco, Vincent

Keywords: Neuroimaging; Neurophysiological Mechanisms; Speech Disorders; Speech Motor Learning

$5,000

Empirical studies of speech motor control

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gracco, Vincent

$129,935

Le développement du contraste I/Y en français : le rôle des indices visuels et auditifs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2004Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Ménard, Lucie

Keywords: phonétique; contrôle moteur de la parole; développement de la parole; coarticulation; modèles de production de la parole; cécité

$154,721

Empirical investigations of speech motor control

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gracco, Vincent

$122,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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